Seven was the place to be on Father’s Day last Sunday, especially if you’re into jazz or great traditional music in general. Just about all of the local, heavyweight vocalists and musicians were in the house for Songs For My Father’s Day, sponsored by Anheuser-Busch and the St. Louis American. The concert was a presentation […]
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Different personalities, different goals – same face.
Being the mother of four boys is, of course, challenging. There is the constant wrestling, headlocks under the ole’ armpit and twisted arm behind the back, and all of that just to get them to clean their rooms. Seriously, though, it’s not me inflicting the pain. They are doing that to each other daily, laughing […]
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Final plans should be a present concern
In a 2003 AARP survey, 75 percent of individuals responded that not being able to communicate their wishes would be worse than death. Despite this belief, less than half had taken steps to ensure that their wishes would be carried out. Although death is not an easy topic to discuss, end-of-life planning can mean the […]
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NAACP not happy with cop punishment
Harriel family considers lawsuit By Alvin A. Reid Of the St. Louis American Harold Crumpton said Tuesday that some members of the NAACP city branch are not satisfied with the one-day suspension of two police officers involved in an incident two weeks ago in which a 69-year-old woman was pepper-sprayed in the face. Crumpton, president […]
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Inside Sports
With Earl Austin Jr. Scouts’ eyes on STL at summer football camps Gridiron class of 2006 will be one to watch The high school football season is still a few months away, but it’s never too early to talk about what some of the area’s top standouts are doing this summer. By all accounts, the […]
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The Rams and SLPS honor P.E. teachers
M. Leanne White, Daniel Casey and Sorrell Harvey awarded By Tonya Ogden For the St. Louis American For the fifth year in a row, the St. Louis Rams and the St. Louis Public Schools honored the best physical education teachers in the district with an awards and recognition program at Rams Park. The ceremony was […]
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You must know the God of your breakthrough
“Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 (Amplified Bible) It is possible to live your entire life die and go to heaven and never really have a one on one relationship with […]
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Left Eye’s mom sues Mitsubishi
Three years after TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was killed in a one-car crash while vacationing in Honduras, the late rapper’s mother, Wanda Lopes-Colemon, has filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi, claiming the automaker failed to warn consumers that its Montero sport utility vehicle was rollover-susceptible. Lopes died in 2002, when the 2001 Montero she was […]
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Lift every fist and fight
When the U.S. Senate chose June 13 as the day to apologize for failing to pass an anti-lynching law, it provided a convenient opportunity to exercise some poetic justice. It allowed us to consider its mea culpa as an early birthday salute to James Weldon Johnson, who probably fought harder than anyone to get such […]
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Charmaine Chapman Society taps emerging leaders
‘Caribbean Nights’ nets more than $88,000 By Bill Beene Of the St. Louis American After raising more than $250,000 just two months ago, the United Way of Greater St. Louis’ Charmaine Chapman Society raised $88,230 last Friday during a fundraiser and membership drive targeting emerging leaders. The gala, “Caribbean Nights,” showered patrons with island delicacies, […]